This guide is based on the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, 6th ed. It provides selected citation examples for common types of sources. For more detailed information please consult a print copy of the style manual available at the SFU Library and at the SFU Bookstore.

Example:

Comments:

The information that should appear in the Note below the table must include the following: Reprinted from Title of Work, by Author. Retrieved from ... Date of Copyright by Copyright Holder.

This work must have a full bibliographic entry in your Reference List even though the information in the Note field uses a lot of the same information.

Tables - compiled from variety of sources (Chapter 5, pp. 125-149)

If you have compiled data from a variety of different sources and put it together to form your own table, you still need to cite where you got the information from.

Above the table:

Include the word Table with its number next to it (Rule 5.05, p. 127).

Give a title which describes the contents of the table (Rule 5.12, p. 133).

Below the table:

All sources that have been used to create the table's data need to be cited in a Note. below the table. You do not need to give the full bibliographic citation - Author (date) is sufficient.

Note. Data for hot sauce consumption in the United States from Kantar Media (2010), for Canada from Statistics Canada (2011), and for Britain from Euromonitor International (2010b).

Example:

Comments:

Tables are characterized by a row-column structure.

All tables must be referred to in text.

Use the term "Adapted" instead of "Reprinted" if you have altered the table.

When using multi-source data you want to describe what data is coming from where. e.g.: Note. Data for hot sauce consumption in the United States from Kantar Media (2010), for Canada from Statistics Canada (2011), and for Britain from Euromonitor International (2010b).

​If you have multiple kinds of data (population figures, consumer information, etc...) in one table you would describe each set of data. e.g.: Note. Population figures for XYZ from Author (date) and for ABC from Author (date). Data for pet ownership for XYZ from Author (date) and for ABC from Author (date).

All the sources must have a full bibliographic entry in your Reference List even though the information in the Note field uses a lot of the same information.

Figures - Single source (Chapter 5, pp. 150-167)

You may also refer to SFU's customised APA citation guides for Citing Images.

The following example is for citing a figure that you have reprinted directly from another source: same format or state, no reconfiguration or new analysis.

Below the figure:

Place the Figure #, caption which describes the contents, then end with the citation information (if reproduced from another source) (Rules 5.23, pp. 159-160).

Example:

Figure 1. Graph of the Sales of Luxury Accessories by Category: Value 2007-2012. Reprinted from Luxury Goods in the United States, by Euromonitor International, January 8 2013, retrieved from http://www.euromonitor.com/ Copyright 2013 by Euromonitor International.

Comments:

The figure should not include a title.

The information that should appear after the Figure #. below the table must include the following: Title of Work, by Author, date, retrieved from ... Date of Copyright by Copyright Holder.

The figure # is as it would appear, numbered consecutively, in your paper - not the figure # assigned to it in its original resource.

All figures must be mentioned in text.

Each figure must have a full bibliographic entry in your Reference List.

If publishing in a journal or as thesis, then before you reproduce any image in your paper it may be necessary to get copyright permission to do so from the original copyright holder and place the wording Reprinted with permission at the end of your citation.

Figures - Compiled from variety of sources(Chapter 5, pp. 150-167)

The following example is for citing a figure that you have created by compiling information from a variety of sources. For example, if you combined data from Passport GMID, Statistics Canada, and a book to create a new chart.

Below the figure:

All sources that have been used to create the figure need to be cited in the figure caption - after its number and name. You do not need to give the full bibliographic citation - Author (date) is sufficient.

Figure 1. Sale of luxury goods in the United States, Canada, and Britain by value 2009-2012. Data for the United States from Euromonitor (2013), for Canada from Statistics Canada (2012), and for Britain from Kurtzman (2013).

Example:

Comments:

The figure should not include a title.

The figure # is as it would appear, numbered consecutively, in your paper - not the figure # assigned to it in its original resource.

Use the term "Adapted" instead of "Reprinted" if you have altered the figure.

When using multi-source data you want to describe what data is coming from where. e.g.: Figure 1. Sale of luxury goods in the United States, Canada, and Britain by value 2009-2012.Data for the United States from Euromonitor (2013), for Canada from Statistics Canada (2012), and for Britain from Kurtzman (2013).

All figures must be mentioned in text.

All the sources must have a full bibliographic entry in your Reference List.

If publishing in a journal or as thesis, then before you reproduce any image in your paper it may be necessary to get copyright permission to do so from the original copyright holder and place the wording Reprinted with permission at the end of your citation.